Heather Ford, a former Wikimedia advisory board member and researcher/writer
in South Africa has written an essay, "The Missing Wikipedians" about
systematic bias on English Wikipedia (especially) against new users and
topics pertinent to Africa and other diverse places/people.
As an example, she cites the English Wikipedia article [[Makmende]] and the
deletion request made, biting the newbie.
http://hblog.org/2011/02/16/the-missing-wikipedians/
Please read and discuss. What might we do to help make Wikipedia a more
welcoming place for newbies and for such diverse topics?
Cheers,
Katie (@aude)